[eal-bilingual] Re: eal-bilingual Digest, Vol 40, Issue 11

John
There is the emaonline site which was set up for just such a purpose
http://www.emaonline.org.uk/ema/ but like any other site relies on
contributions. 
However I think the problem is slightly more deep seated.  The real change
in the availability of resources, training and information only came about
when the adult ESOL curriculum was launched with the accompanying systems of
assessment etc. Whilst there is no curriculum and no nationally accepted way
of talking about what school age EAL pupils need in terms of language
development, it may indeed be baying at the moon.
Nicola

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Subject: [eal-bilingual] Re: eal-bilingual Digest, Vol 40, Issue 11

Adult ESOL students are catered for by the (growingly useful) talent.ac.uk
website.

  Why is there no similar provision for ESOL students at school-age?

  Surely it should be possible for someone to set up such a site for the
(free) exchange of bilingual materials (in the absence of a simplified
national curriculum)?

  Such a site would need, I think, to stand independently of any local or
single-issue organisation to have a real national relevance.

  Any thoughts anyone? Or am I barking up the wrong tree? Or, worse still,
barking at the moon?